Thanks, Fred. Yes, several hundred diskettes are labeled as being in CP/M or proprietary formats. Many also have interesting annotations regarding particular pathologies they exhibit.
Noted on the drives. I can verify that there are a lot of 37- and 50-pin connectors, but don't really want to disassemble the cases. It sounds like a lot of things about his gear are public knowledge, though, which is nice... Re: tubas -- unfortunately, my aunt has a wide musical circle and has already dispositioned the tubas. On 7/31/25 16:30, Fred Cisin wrote: > Hi Michael, > Take your time, and don't let it stress you. > Chuck was the foremost expert on many aspects of the sub-fields. > > Among the diskettes, particularly 8" and 5.25", he had a lot (many > hundreds) of diskettes from other types of computers, probably at least > half from CP/M on those other computers. [hopefully labelled?] Those > will not be readable on PC, but are valuable to any other people doing > disk format conversion, (although I have retired.) > > In order to switch drives around as needed, he fitted many of his > external drive cases and power supplies with DC37 and/or "centronics" > syle 37 and/or 50 pin connectors. SOME of the drives in some of those > cases are non-standard/unusual drives, such as 100tpi 5.25" (micropolis, > Tandon TM100-4M) Those will be useless for normal PC work, but rare/ > invaluable for those dealing with non-standard formats. > > > [On behalf of my sister]: Are you also dealing with his tubas? > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected] > XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com > 2245 Carquinez Avenue (510) 234-3397 > ElCerrito, CA 94530 > > > > >
